Friday, November 11, 2011 at 8:39PM | 1 Comment angel baybee
so, did your mother ever insist that you write thank you notes when you receive something? ya, mine did.
and i almost always respond to an email quickly. someone took the time from their busy day to care enough to type out a few words, and should be answered back just the same.
well, i got an email not long ago. it was a very nice email, kind words on my photos and blog. i do remember reading it, but i was also sick at the time, and had put off answering at that moment. then life got busy again, and answering it went itching to the back of my mind – i still intended to write back.
so i found myself at the broiler, running into the owner of this car, whom i'd met a month earlier over at the deli show in paramount. here he was, asking if i'd gotten his email, the self-same email i'd neglected to answer in kind. fumbled with the excuse that perhaps it had gone to the junk mail.
no, i found it—a month back—but, yes, i do remember reading it.
i know i hadn't taken a shot of his car at the previous show. i know it was already late by the time i'd arrived and they were already giving out awards. i think, perhaps, that his car was up too close to the crowd for me to get a shot. i only took a few shots of cars on the fringes. then several people chose to chat about photography, and i lost the sunset and stopped taking pictures.
anyway, he was so very nice again at this show. happened to be parked in a convenient spot, with an empty space beside it, so i took this shot for him.
hope you like it, and i'm sorry i didn't answer your email promptly. shhhh. don't tell my mom.
Reader Comments (1)
Hi Kathy, I'm the owner of the 1963 white impala wagon, you photography it last November at Bobs Big Boy "Downey" . I neglected to check your site for this photo. But as all the rest of your great work, this to is a great image. This wagon was purchased by my dad in 1964 and has been in the family since then. I'm trying to restore it back to its original condition, takes time and money, mostly "money". Though it is a joy
to have it on these old familiar roads some 47 years later. It has traveled down into Mexico, Arizona, northern Cal and Calorado. It needs working to, someday I'll take it on a long trip with my grandson Aaron.
Tanks for for time and work Kathy see you around some time.
Angel G. or Arclight.